A single invention can be the subject of a patent application in many different countries. These related applications are known as corresponding documents (or "equivalents") and you will find them under the Also published as heading.

Patent citations

Patents in Dimensions citing this record

Inventor

Person(s) designated as the inventor(s) in the patent application

Original / current Assignee

The organisation that has been assigned the patent

Legal status

Legal status data relates to information on the events during the lifetime of a patent application, such as granted, active, expired, pending or withdrawn.

Expires

Date when the patents will eventually expire

Document history

This section displays the publication, filing and priority date of the patent.- The filing date of an application is the date on which it was validly filed, i.e. was deemed to fulfil the filing requirements concerned. In Dimensions you can find the filing date in the Document history.- The publication date is the date on which a patent application is first published. It is the date on which the document is made available to the public, thereby making it part of the state of the art.- The priority date is the filing date of the very first patent application for a specific invention.